Twitter Federal Appellate Court Decisions

Court: US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Case Number: 16-17165

Anti-Terrorism Act. The panel affirmed the district court’s dismissal of an action seeking civil remedies under the Anti-Terrorism Act against Twitter, Inc. Plaintiffs, whose family members were killed while working as government contractors in Jordan in an attack for which ISIS claimed credit, alleged injury “by reason of” Twitter’s knowing provision of material support to ISIS. The panel affirmed the district court’s holding that plaintiffs failed to…